DIY Crafts Burlap Wreath

by Lori O'Farrill

Have you ever had an idea but you didn’t know where to start? This happens to me quite often with my DIY Crafts, Check out how easy it is to make your own Burlap Wreath.

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I love searching websites and putting together my idea. This one started at Wal-Mart one morning. I’m going to confess, I’m not a huge fan of Wal-Mart. I was there one morning before work (perfect time for me) and I saw a burlap table runner for $5.99. The runner was perfect for the fall/winter decoration on my dining room table. My idea for this was just to stencil something on the ends to give some character, then decorate it. So, how did I get from burlap table runner to burlap wreath? No clue, that’s how my brains works! Ideas just pop in every once in a while and I run with them.

My parents were visiting and I mentioned to my mom that I had some burlap garland and I wanted to make a wreath out of it. I had no clue how to start the project, so we pulled out the laptop on the dining room table and started searching. There are so many YouTube tutorials out there and different ways to make a DIY burlap wreath. We decided on the one style of wreath that made the most sense to us and off we went to Jo-Ann Fabrics with our coupons in hand.

We decided on the medium size wire wreath frame ($2.99) and a bigger bundle of burlap garland ($4.50 -we used our coupon on this). I wanted to put a letter "O" in the middle of the wreath ($2.99). We found everything and as we were checking out they had a wire edged chevron burlap ribbon for ($3.97 - more than 50% off and it had a great wooden spool, how great was that!!!) So my initial project cost under $15.00. I added two hydrangea flowers later for about $6.00 total… so my whole project cost about $20.00. Not too shabby.

Here’s what you do:

Hold the wire frame in one hand, securing the end of the burlap ribbon with that same hand, (secure the garland to the frame with a piece of wire) with your other hand, begin pushing loops of burlap through the back of the frame.

Once you push the burlap through the first section, twist it two or three times on the back and start over.

Once the frame is full, fluff & even out the loops. It’s as simple as that!

If you remember from the start of this blog I still had the burlap table runner. Here’s what I did: I painted the letter with some white paint and “stamped” it on my table runner… then I added another coat of paint and attached it to my wreath with some twine.

Would you like to try something like this? I was thinking about having a craft night with the girls and making a winter wreath for my door, maybe I’ll look for a different color next time. What are your ideas? What would you do differently? I love hearing feedback.

xoxo,

Lori

Simply Chic Girl

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Lori O'Farrill on Oct 21, 2014
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Annie Doherty on Jun 09, 2016
I love your creativity, I was looking for ideas for Christmas sorry never too early! Your wreath looks great and you could adapt the basic make in so many ways, I.e. Easter, Thanksgiving, Wedding, Baby shower almost any occasion. Thanks for sharing.

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